Ex-BB Africa Housemate Vimbai Defies Pandemic, Marries Nigerian Lover

Oyinlola Awonuga
Writer

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By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat’s Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk)

Vimbai Mutinhiri, former Big Brother Africa star has walked down the aisle with her Nigerian lover, Andrew Ekpenyong from Calabar, Cross River State.

Clarifying that the wedding was constrained by physical participants, a brother to the groom and Cross Rivers state Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong said:
“loved ones saw the function by means of video conferencing.”

The excited 33-year-old bride is a Zimbabwean actress, model, and TV personality who partook in Big Brother Africa Amplified.

Vimbai the daughter of Politician Tracy and Ambrose Mutinhiri, represented Zimbabwe in the Big Brother Africa reality TV show in 2011.

After Big Brother, she was chosen as the new presenter for the entertainment and lifestyle show, ‘Star Gist’, on Africa Magic Entertainment.

The University of Cape Town politics, philosophy and economics graduate moved to Nigeria after DSTV migrated ‘Star Gist’ to the West African country.

Thirty-four-year-old Andrew runs a family hotel in Nigeria’s tourist hotspot of Calabar.

He is the youngest son of Chief Asuquo Ekpenyong, a powerful tribal leader from Cross River State.

His elder brother, Asuquo Jnr, works as the Commissioner for Finance in Cross River State.

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